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One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In Montgomery Township in New Jersey, locals expect to enjoy a Turkey Trot on Thanksiving--not an apparent bank robbery attempt. Their local police force was faced with a stone-cold suspect unwilling to respond to any demands. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton Produced, scored, and edited by Maura Currie Additional Research by Lex Weathers Sources on our website: onestrangethingpodcast.com Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on twitter.com/OSTPod instagram.com/onestrangethingpod facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing.
0:08.9	The show where we search the nation's news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:29.5	Thank you. This week, we have something just a little different.
0:35.7	The world of weird is wide, and this one struck us as soon as we saw it.
0:40.1	We kept coming back to the story, and that's a sign to us that it's worth sharing with you. Now, on to the good stuff. It's safe to say that in American
0:48.9	pop culture, New Jersey has often gotten a bad rap. Sure, we all know about the beer bongs and the bumpets and the spray tans of the Jersey
0:59.7	Shore, but at this point, even Google has gotten in on it.
1:04.7	Enter a simple search for Why Does New Jersey?
1:08.6	And the search engine suggests you finish up with smell so bad.
1:14.1	Other options include the similar, stink, have a bad reputation,
1:19.4	and the riveting, not let you pump your own gas.
1:24.1	However fun the smack talk is, it's not really fair.
1:29.0	After all, we're talking about the garden state, not the garbage state.
1:34.5	There's plenty to offer in Jersey's townships or towns as outsiders would call them.
1:41.2	Take Montgomery over in Somerset County.
1:47.1	As far as state popularity contest go,
1:54.4	it consistently ranks as homecoming queen. On list after list of family-friendly places,
2:01.3	best suburbs in Jersey, finest school districts, highest property values, Montgomery is there.
2:07.6	As a side note, they've apparently got a killer trick or trunk situation happening each Halloween.
2:10.2	It's mentioned in more than one write-up.
2:11.9	And that's just the start.
2:16.7	According to the Country Classics blog, there's a turkey trot, a Christmas tree lighting, community centers,
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